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Write The Darn Book | How to Write a Novel, Writer’s Block, Writing Motivation & Story Structure
by Maddison Michaels | Fiction Writing Coach & Award-Winning Author
Stuck staring at a blank page? Overwhelmed by self-doubt, perfectionism, or the chaos of everyday life… wondering if you’ll ever finish the novel that’s been living inside you?You’re not alone — and you’re not meant to stay stuck.Join award-winning author and certified Life Coach & NLP Practitioner Maddison Michaels as she shares the exact mindset shifts, guided meditations, prayers, NLP tools, and personality-powered strategies that ended her own year-and-a-half writing drought and got her words flowing again.Every episode is created for writers (aspiring, established, and everyone in between) who are ready to:✨ Release fear and resistance✨ Silence the inner critic✨ Write consistently—even on crazy days✨ Harness your unique personality traits✨ Be a vessel for the story so the words to flow freely onto the page✨Finally hold your finished book in your hands and share your story with the world!If you’re tired of “one day” and you’re ready to finally write the darn book, then th
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55. Body Language for Writers: How to Reveal Character Emotion, Secrets and Lies on the Page
Body Language for Writers: How to Reveal Character Emotion, Secrets and Lies on the Page Writing Wednesday episodes explore the outer work of writing: craft, structure, revision, publishing, process, and the practical steps that help you finish your book. Body language is one of the most powerful...
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54. Starting Your Book for the Third Time? Here’s How to Stop Starting and Actually Finish
Starting Your Book for the Third Time? Here’s How to Stop Starting and Actually Finish Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow. Have you ever opened your laptop, looked in your documents...
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53. Is Your Writing Setup Making It Harder to Write? Ergonomics, Energy, and Creative Flow
Is Your Writing Setup Making It Harder to Write? Ergonomics, Energy, and Creative Flow Writing Wednesday episodes explore the outer work of writing: craft, structure, revision, publishing, process, and the practical steps that help you finish your book. Your writing setup is not separate from…
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52. How to Write the Book Only You Can Write: Accessing Your Unique Creative Truth
Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow. Have you ever looked at your book idea and felt that little tug inside that says, this matters, this is mine to write? And then almost immediately,...
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51. Can Coloured Pens Help You Write? How Stationery and Handwriting Can Unlock Your Creativity
Writing Wednesday episodes explore the outer work of writing: craft, structure, revision, publishing, process, and the practical steps that help you finish your book. Have you ever walked into a stationery shop and felt that little spark of possibility wake up inside you? The coloured pens. The...
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50.The Magic of Words: How Writers Shape Their Creative Reality
Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow. Words are never just words, especially for writers. In this episode of Write The Darn Book, we’re exploring how the language you use around your...
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49. Can Music Help You Write? How Sound, Silence, and Background Noise Shape Creative Flow!
Writing Wednesday episodes explore the outer work of writing: craft, structure, revision, publishing, process, and the practical steps that help you finish your book. Can music actually help you write, or is it quietly pulling you out of the story? In this episode of Write The Darn Book, we’re...
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48. What to Do When You Stare at the Blank Page and Nothing Comes
Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow. Have you ever opened your laptop, placed your hands on the keyboard, stared at the blank page, and felt absolutely nothing come? No words. No clear...
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47. Show Don't Tell - How Your Creative Wiring Shapes What Lands on the Page!
Writing Wednesday episodes explore the outer work of writing: craft, structure, revision, publishing, process, and the practical steps that help you finish your book. Have you ever been told to “show, don’t tell” and immediately felt yourself overthinking every sentence? In this Writing Wednesday...
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46. Part 2 - The Walt Disney Strategy for Writers: Three Guided Visualisations to Access Your Dreamer, Realist, and Critic
Episode 46: The Walt Disney Strategy for Writers Part 2: Three Guided Visualisations to Access Your Dreamer, Realist, and Critic Mindset Monday episodes explore the inner work of writing: blocks, beliefs, identity, resistance, procrastination, perfectionism, and creative flow. In Part 1 of this...
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45. Pantser or Plotter or Something In Between? Find Your Writing Style and Stop Fighting Yourself
Writing Wednesday Episode 45: Pantser or Plotter or Something In Between? Find Your Writing Style and Stop Fighting Yourself Are you a writer who needs a detailed outline before you begin, or do you prefer to discover the story as you write? In this episode of Write the Darn Book, we’re diving…
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44. The Walt Disney Strategy for Writers Part 1: How to Dream Big, Plan Smart, and Edit Without Killing Your Ideas
Mindset Monday Episode 44: The Walt Disney Strategy for Writers Part 1: How to Dream Big, Plan Smart, and Edit Without Killing Your Ideas Have you ever had a writing idea that felt alive and exciting, only to have your inner critic arrive within minutes and start tearing it apart? In this episode...
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43. Your Writing Space Is Holding You Back: How to Clear the Energy and Unlock Your Creative Flow
Episode 43 - Your Writing Space Is Holding You Back: How to Clear the Energy and Unlock Your Creative Flow What if your writing block has nothing to do with your story… and everything to do with the space you’re sitting in? In this bonus episode, we’re exploring something most writing advice...
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42. What To Do When Someone Doesn’t Support Your Writing Dream - and How to Keep Writing Anyway
Episode 42 - What To Do When Someone Doesn’t Support Your Writing Dream - and How to Keep Writing Anyway What do you do when the people closest to you don’t understand your writing? When your partner doesn’t ask about your book… When your family sees it as “just a hobby”… When the response to...
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41. How to Write Dialogue That Sounds Real (And Stop Making Your Characters Sound Like Robots) using how you are wired to write!
Episode 41: How to Write Dialogue That Sounds Real (And Stop Making Your Characters Sound Like Robots) Using How You Are Wired to Write! If your dialogue feels flat… stiff… or like your characters are talking at each other instead of actually connecting… This might not be a dialogue problem. It...
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40. Writing Perfectionism Is Not High Standards — It’s Fear. Here’s How to Tell the Difference
Episode 40: Writing Perfectionism Is Not High Standards — It’s Fear. Here’s How to Tell the Difference Perfectionism is one of the most common reasons writers stay stuck — and one of the hardest patterns to recognise, because it often looks like care. In this episode, we unpack the difference...
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39. What to Do With Your First Draft: The Writer’s Guide to Revision Without Panic
Episode 39 -What to Do With Your First Draft: The Writer’s Guide to Revision Without Panic You did it. You finished your first draft. 💗 But now comes the part many writers fear most — opening that draft again and facing the revision process. If you’ve ever looked at your manuscript and felt...
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38. How to Handle Negative Feedback on Your Writing Without Falling Apart
Episode 38 - How to Handle Negative Feedback on Your Writing Without Falling Apart Negative feedback can feel devastating when it lands on something as personal as your writing. Maybe it was a beta reader. A workshop. A competition critique. A trusted friend whose words stayed with you long after...
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37. Why Your Book’s Messy Middle Feels So Hard — and How to Fix a Sagging Second Act
Episode 37: Why Your Book’s Messy Middle Feels So Hard — and How to Fix a Sagging Second Act If your novel felt exciting at the start but now feels flat, disconnected, or like it’s losing momentum… this episode is for you. In this episode of Write the Darn Book, I’m unpacking why the messy middle...
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36. Why Your Phone Is the Real Reason You Can’t Sit Down to Write (And How to Take Your Focus Back)
Episode 36 — Why Your Phone Is the Real Reason You Can’t Sit Down to Write (And How to Take Your Focus Back) If you’ve ever sat down to write… only to find yourself picking up your phone before you’ve even written a paragraph — this episode is going to shift how you see that completely. Because...
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35. Lost in Your Story? How to Find Your Way Back Without Restarting Everything
Episode 35: Lost in Your Story? How to Find Your Way Back Without Restarting Everything Have you ever been deep into writing your book… and suddenly realised you have no idea where your story is going? Not at the beginning — but in the middle, when you already have pages, scenes, maybe even...
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34. Writing While Working Full Time: The Real Strategy for Fitting Your Book Into a Busy Life
Episode 34 — Writing While Working Full Time: The Real Strategy for Fitting Your Book Into a Busy Life What if the biggest lie in writing culture isn’t about talent or discipline… but about time? So many writers believe that to finish a book, they need long, uninterrupted hours, quiet mornings…
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33. Why Writing Your First Chapter Feels So Hard — and How to Write One That Hooks Readers
🎙️ Episode 33 — Why Writing Your First Chapter Feels So Hard — and How to Write One That Hooks Writing your first chapter can feel like the most important moment in your entire book… and for many writers, it’s also where everything slows down. The overthinking. The rewriting. The pressure to get...
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32. Am I a Real Writer? The Truth About Imposter Syndrome and What You Can Do to Move Through It
🎙️ Episode 32: Am I a Real Writer? The Truth About Imposter Syndrome and What You Can Do to Move Through It There’s a voice that shows up for writers at the most inconvenient moments… telling you you’re not a real writer, that you haven’t earned this, that you’ll be found out. In this episode…
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31. How to Get Into a Flow State for Writing (Even When You Only Have 30 Minutes)
Episode 31 How to Get Into a Flow State for Writing (Even When You Only Have 30 Minutes) Many writers believe creative flow is something mysterious that either appears… or doesn’t. That it requires a long stretch of uninterrupted time, the perfect environment, and a quiet house where inspiration...
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30. How to Write Characters That Feel Real — By Understanding the Emotional Needs That Drive Us
Episode 30 How to Write Characters That Feel Real — By Understanding the Emotional Needs That Drive Us Have you ever noticed that some moments in your writing feel deeply personal — even when your character’s life looks nothing like your own? The scenes that move you most. The decisions your...
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29: Writing as a Mum: How to Protect Your Creative Life When Everyone Needs You
Episode 29: Writing as a Mum: How to Protect Your Creative Life When Everyone Needs You Being a mother and a writer can feel like a daily war with yourself. You love your family deeply. You also have a story that is quietly waiting — in the margins of the school run, in the twenty minutes before...
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28. Writer’s Block Explained: Why Your Brain Fights You Every Time You Sit Down to Write
Episode 28: Why Your Brain Fights You Every Time You Sit Down to Write Have you ever sat down to write — you've cleared the time, made the coffee, opened the document — and then something in you just... stops? The resistance rolls in. Maybe you find yourself suddenly checking your phone, or...
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27. Writer's Block & Overthinking: How to Stop Getting Stuck in Your Head and Start Writing Again
27. Writer's Block & Overthinking: How to Stop Getting Stuck in Your Head and Start Writing Again Have you ever sat down to write and found yourself trapped in your own head instead? Writer's block doesn't always feel like a lack of ideas. Sometimes it feels like overthinking everything —…
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26. Writer's Block and Your Brain: Why Your Mind Resists Writing — and What You Can Do to Change It!
🎙 Episode 26 - Writer's Block and Your Brain: Why Your Mind Resists Writing — and What You Can Do to Change It Why does writing advice work brilliantly for some writers… and completely fall flat for others? In this episode of Write the Darn Book, we’re diving into a powerful reframe for writer’s...
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25. Your Writing Personality Type: How to Build a Writing Process That Actually Fits the Way Your Brain Works (Part 2)
25.Your Writing Personality Type: How to Build a Writing Process That Actually Fits the Way Your Brain Works (Part 2) In this second part of my live masterclass, Unlock Your Writing Personality, we complete the Bird Personality framework and continue exploring how your natural traits shape your...
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24. Unlock Your Writing Personality Type: Why Understanding How You're Wired Changes Everything About How You Write (Part 1)
24. Unlock Your Writing Personality Type: Why Understanding How You're Wired Changes Everything About How You Write (Part 1) Have you ever wondered why writing feels natural for some authors… and completely exhausting for others? Why some writers thrive on structure while others shut down under…
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23. Procrastinating in the Middle of Writing Your Book? Why It Happens and How to Regain Momentum
Episode 23 Show Notes Procrastinating in the Middle of Writing Your Book? Why It Happens — and How to Regain Momentum The middle of a manuscript often feels completely different from the beginning. You may have started with energy and excitement. You may have pushed hard just to begin. But...
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22. Procrastinating at the Start of Writing Your Book? Why It’s So Hard and How to Break Through!
Episode 22: Procrastinating at the Start of Writing Your Book? Why It’s So Hard — and How to Break Through Have you ever sat down to start writing your book… and somehow ended up doing everything except writing? You answer emails. You research something that doesn’t actually need researching. You...
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21. Writer Burnout: How to Build a Writing Practice That's Sustainable — Without Running Yourself Into the Ground
21. Writer Burnout: How to Build a Writing Practice That's Sustainable — Without Running Yourself Into the Ground Building Consistency, Trust, and Creative Safety Without Burning Out Knowing that self-care matters is one thing. Actually living it — especially when life gets busy — is another. In...
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20. Self-Care for Writers: Why Looking After Yourself Is the Single Most Productive Thing You Can Do for Your Book
20. Self-Care for Writers: Why Looking After Yourself Is the Single Most Productive Thing You Can Do for Your Book Releasing Guilt, Honouring Your Needs, and Rebuilding Creative Capacity So many writers are used to putting everyone else first.... Family. Work. The kids. The house. Other people’s...
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19. Can't Write When You're Stressed or Overwhelmed? Here's Why — and How to Get the Words Flowing Again
19. Can't Write When You're Stressed or Overwhelmed? Here's Why — and How to Get the Words Flowing Again Understanding Overwhelm, Survival Mode, and How to Find Steadiness Again Have you ever felt like writing should be possible… but life just feels too full, with so much going on? You care…
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18. Why You Keep Sabotaging Your Own Writing — and How to Finally Stop Getting in Your Own Way
Episode 18 — Why You Keep Sabotaging Your Own Writing — and How to Finally Stop Getting in Your Own Way Understanding the uncomfortable middle of becoming an author Have you ever reached a point where you know something has to change in your writing — but instead of feeling motivated or inspired,...
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17. Fear of Rejection and Criticism as a Writer: How to Stop Letting the Fear of Being Judged Keep You From Writing
17. Fear of Rejection and Criticism as a Writer: How to Stop Letting the Fear of Being Judged Keep You From Writing Fear of rejection is one of the most common — and least talked about — reasons writers stop writing their books. Not because they lack discipline. Not because they don’t care…
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16. Writing Mindset: How the Stories You Tell Yourself Are Keeping You Stuck — and How to Change Them
16. Writing Mindset: How the Stories You Tell Yourself Are Keeping You Stuck — and How to Change Them Have you ever noticed how writing feels effortless on some days… and on others, sitting down at the page feels heavy, tense, or uncomfortable — even when you want to write? That experience isn’t...
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15. Why You Can't Seem to Write Consistently — and Why Willpower Has Nothing to Do With It
15. Why You Can't Seem to Write Consistently — and Why Willpower Has Nothing to Do With It Why consistency breaks down — and what the brain actually needs to repeat writing Writing consistently isn’t a motivation problem — and it’s not a discipline issue either. Many writers genuinely want to...
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14. Lost Your Creative Spark as a Writer? 3 Ways to Get Your Motivation Back and Fall Back in Love With Your Book
Episode 14 - Lost Your Creative Spark as a Writer? 3 Ways to Get Your Motivation Back and Fall Back in Love With Your Book 3 Ways to Realign With Your Story Have you ever sat down to write… knowing you still care deeply about your book — but the spark you once felt just isn’t there anymore?…
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13. Writing Perfectionism: Is It Secretly Killing Your Draft — and How to Break Free Fast!
13. Writing Perfectionism: Is It Secretly Killing Your Draft — and How to Break Free Fast Perfectionism can feel like care, dedication, or high standards — but for many writers, it quietly becomes the very thing that stalls progress. In this episode of Write the Darn Book, we explore how...
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12. Too Busy to Write? A Simple 10-Minute Writing Routine for Real Consistency
The 10-Minute Consistency Ritual for When Life Gets Chaotic Have you ever set aside time to write… only to find yourself pulled in a dozen other directions? When work ramps back up, routines fill out, and life gets busy, writing is often the first thing to slide — not because you don’t care, but...
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11. Why Writing Still Feels Hard Even When You're Doing Everything Right — and What's Actually Going On Underneath
You're showing up. You're trying. You're doing the mindset work, the visualisations, the reframes… So why does writing still feel hard? If you've ever wondered whether you're doing something wrong - or whether change is even happening at all - this episode offers a powerful reframe that will...
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10. Writer Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome: Am I a Real Writer?
Episode 10 — Writer Self-Doubt & Imposter Syndrome: Am I a Real Writer? Have you ever sat down to write and quietly wondered whether you’re actually a real writer — or whether you’re just pretending? That question shows up for far more writers than you might realise. And it doesn’t mean you’re...
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9. Stuck at the Starting Line? How to Start Writing Your Book Without Burning Out
Episode 9 — Stuck at the Starting Line? How to Start Writing Your Book Without Burning Out At the beginning of a new year, many writers feel ready to start writing their book — or they’ve begun with fresh energy and quietly worry about falling back into old stop–start patterns. In this episode of...
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8. How to Build a Writing Routine That Actually Works for You and Your Personality — Even If Everything Else Has Failed
8. How to Build a Writing Routine That Actually Works for You and Your Personality — Even If Everything Else Has Failed If you’ve ever struggled to stick to a writing routine — even when you really want to — this episode will help you understand what’s been missing and how to change it. In this...
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7. Feeling Lost With Your Writing? A Visualisation to Reconnect With Your Book and Move Forward With Clarity
🎙 Episode 7 — Feeling Lost With Your Writing? A Visualisation to Reconnect With Your Book and Move Forward With Clarity A Future-Vision Activation to End the Writing Year With Clarity and Purpose As the writing year comes to a close, many writers find themselves carrying quiet guilt, pressure…
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6. How to Set Writing Goals That Actually Work — So You Can Stop Starting Over and Finish Your Book
🎧 Write the Darn Book Ready for Your Next-Level Writing Year? Set Aligned Writing Goals and Step Into Your Author Self As a new year approaches, many writers feel the familiar pull to set writing goals — and the equally familiar fear that this year might end the same way as the last. If you’ve...
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Stuck staring at a blank page? Overwhelmed by self-doubt, perfectionism, or the chaos of everyday life… wondering if you’ll ever finish the novel that’s been living inside you?You’re not alone — and you’re not meant to stay stuck.Join award-winning author and certified Life Coach & NLP Practitioner Maddison Michaels as she shares the exact mindset shifts, guided meditations, prayers, NLP tools, and personality-powered strategies that ended her own year-and-a-half writing drought and got her words flowing again.Every episode is created for writers (aspiring, established, and everyone in between) who are ready to:✨ Release fear and resistance✨ Silence the inner critic✨ Write consistently—even on crazy days✨ Harness your unique personality traits✨ Be a vessel for the story so the words to flow freely onto the page✨Finally hold your finished book in your hands and share your story with the world!If you’re tired of “one day” and you’re ready to finally write the darn book, then th
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